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Watchkeeper Gargolmar is an active patrol so clear the majority of the trash around his patrol to avoid adds (making sure the trash is pulled back to the party). When the path looks clear have the tank pull the Watchkeeper, he has 2 Hellfire Watchers with him that can be cc'ed. They will heal Gargolmar at 25% so either take them down or keep them cc'd throughout the fight.

Mostly a simple tank n' spank fight, but ranged should spread out to avoid causing damage to adjacent members from his Surge.

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Omor's Treacherous Aura is in fact a curse that can be removed. If no one is available to decurse your party can easily spread out around Omor. This will prevent anyone (but melee DPS) from taking damage .

Omor's Fiendish Hound can be annoying if let to run around and spell lock our casters, not to mention it increases his resistances. However, since it's non-elite it can be killed quite fast. The hounds will spawn at his feet and Omor must take some time to channel the summon. They can be cc'd as well.

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The fight begins when the 2 guards before Vazruden are killed. He then immediately aggros and a very simple tank n' spank fight begins. Throughout the fight Nazan will be spitting fireballs from the sky at random party members, and it's important to get out of the Liquid Fire they leave behind ASAP. It is for this reason that Vazruden should be tanked slightly away from the ramp so the party doesn't get too bunched up on it.

When Vazruden is near death Nazan descends and joins the battle, at this point DPS should go all out on Vazruden since the tank will need to pickup Nazan immediately. Nazan should be dragged to the middle of the platform, this will give the rest of the party room to spread out and to move due to Liquid Fire. The tank should be moving in back and forth arcs to get out of the liquid fire, but being careful to not point Nazan's head towards the rest of the party, or everyone will suffer from his Cone of Fire.

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The Maker is a pretty simple tank n' spank fight, his damage output is small and he goes down quickly. His Mind Control can not be removed, it is best to sheep any party member that comes under its ill-effects or use whatever CC you have available.

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This is an endurance encounter, when the switch at the end of the room is pulled the event will begin. There are 4 waves of Fel Orcs, the Nascent Fel Orcs are non-elite and easy to take down, however the Neophyte Fel Orcs are elite and have almost no agro control they are unpredictable and if CC is available they are the ones to be controlled, they hit hard and can take out a cloth wearer quickly. Once the final wave is defeated Broggok will come engage.

He will cast his AoE poison bolt almost immediately cleanse the DoT poison left behind if possible, the damage it deals is not even worth bandaging. He will drop his poison cloud during the fight, it only concerns melee but it is easily avoidable if our tank just moves away from it, slowly it will expand.

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This encounter begins when after the 5 Warlocks around Keli'dan are killed; they can be CC'd. They have a weak single target shadow bolt but they also have a nasty "magic" debuff, Mark of Shadow which increased Shadow damage taken significantly. If there is no one available to decurse keep the final warlock CC'ed until its duration is up.

The tank should pick up Keli'dan as turn him away from the party as soon as possible to avoid getting slammed by his Cone Shadow bolt attack. Keli'dan will randomly cast Corruption on us but is magic and can be removed.

Throughout the fight he will kneel down and become immune to damage and emote. Melee needs to run out immediately as he is charging his massive damage Blastwave.

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Mennu has some vicious totems and high amount of HPs but that is about it, it is our basic tank n' spank with someone watching for totems and taking them out immediately. As long as you do not give his totems a chance to do what they do he will have a hard time beating the party.

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Since Rokmar's Water Spit is AoE based and not a cone attack it is not important to turn his back to the party or stand anywhere special. His Ensnaring Moss is not cast often and seems to be targeted at the tank; since it can not be removed dont worry about it, as for his Grievous Wound, which also tends to target the tank it can, and should be, removed by healing the bearer to 100% health. Anyone that can heal should assist in healing the afflicted party member to full as that is the only way to remove it.

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Approaching the water near Quagmirran will trigger the event and he will slowly emerge from the water. Everyone in the group should be aware of this before the fight begins since Naturalist Bite, the caged npc before Quagmirran, can be released with a few coilfang nagas coming to kill him (which is important to not allow that to happen). If he lives through the fight all party members can speak with him and he will bestow Mark of Bite, a "magic" buff that increases Nature resistance by 110 and all stats by 5% with duration of 30 minutes.

The tank should stand at the edge of the water and wait for him to engage as there is no reason to swim out to him. His melee is powerful and he casts his AoE Nature Bolts throughout the fight, if someone can clean do so.

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Have the tank grab Hungerfen in the middle of the room, this will allow him room to move when Hungerfen spawns his Underbog Mushrooms or uses his Foul Spores ability; it will also give the rest of the party space to move about the room since avoiding the Underbog Mushrooms poison is the key to winning this fight.

As with all mobs sharing the Hungerfen model he hits hard, but it is imperative to stay aware of the Underbog Mushrooms and continually avoid the poison clouds. When he is low on health, about 20%, he will use his Foul Spores that means all melee out including the main tank, it deals damage fast and heals him quite a bit.

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The tank should take a 20 yard or so lead on engaging Ghaz'an and spin him so he is side is exposed to the party, this will help avoid party members being hit with his Acid Spit and avoid the Tail Sweep altogether. The tank should be aware that additional spinning may be required if the party continues to get hit by his Acid Spit as it is an enormous cone.

The tank will be afflicted with Acid Breath, at first the damage is not bad but additional healing will be required as it stacks. Watch for 20% health when Ghaz'an enrages and be ready to throw some extra healing in the direction of the tank.

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Claw (Musel'eks pet) has heavy armor reduction and will turn into and disengages from battle at 5-10% health turning in to a friendly druid. Swamplord Musel'ek can deal a lot of damage quickly, less armor and dies slightly faster then Claw.

It really does matter little which you take out first, ideally there will be 2 tanking classes; if so, then keep Claw away from whomever tanks the Swamplord because of his armor reducing shout can make the Swamplord's attacks much more deadly. If not the tank will have to hold both of their agro.

Try to stay spread apart to reduce how many party members his Multi Shot, as for Claw it's a basic tank and spank; and be aware that the Swamplord will often Aimed Shot after he drops a Freezing trap.

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The Black Stalker can be a tremendous pain especially with the random nature of his Levitate skill; it is however important to note that spells can still be cast in this state if the range requirements are met.

Depending on the party make up it can be helpful to have the tank pull The Black Stalker away from the rest of the party to reduce the number of targets hit by his Chain Lightning. when the main healer is lifted having the tank run towards where they were lifted to stay in range for healing help a lot.

In extreme cases of healer mana shortage the party member afflicted with Static Charge may quarantine themselves away from the rest of the party.

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Since Pandemonius is almost purely shadow in nature having Shadow protection from a priest or a Shadow Resistance Aura from a paladin helps considerably. The tank should pull Pandemonius to the SE corner of the room and tank him with their back against the wall to avoid trouble with the Void Blast's knock back.

Everyone must be aware of the Shadow Shield, all dps should cut including the tank. The tank may have difficulty, due to positioning, seeing the shield and should be immediately notified when up.

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A simple tank n' spank, not much strategy comes in to play with this guy aside from just pummeling him. Ranged can avoid his earthquake ability if they have the increased range talents, his Crystal Prison seems to be completely random but alone will not kill anyone and he does not spam it.

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When engaged the first thing your attention should be on is the 3 non-elite Ethereal Beacons, these need to die immediately. They hit rather hard, have good spell damage, and if left alive will turn into an elite Ethereal Apprentice, basically the same thing as the Beacon but takes a long time to kill.

After the tank is in, all dps on the 3 Beacons; he will summon them throughout the fight so just make sure to be alert. His blink and frost nova can be annoying for the tank, so DPS should back off and/or drag him back to the tank.

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Shirrak will not come down the stairs so have the tank run in and once agro is acquired everyone else come up the stairs. Healers should be aware almost immediately Inhibit Magic will have stacked 4 times and all spells will take 200% longer to cast. The party should spread out a good amount for this fight, that way when Shirrak does his Focus Fire only 1 party member has to move.

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Exarch can be incredibly difficult or incredibly easy, the main difference between the two is how long the Dark Sides or Clones live. As soon as Exarch summons a Dark Side ALL dps should be redirected toward it until dead, they are powerful and love to kill healers.

At about 15% heal he will summon his Avatar of the Martyr which can Mortal Strike but that is all the tricks he has, at this point in the fight all dps remains on Exarch, he should not summon anymore Dark Sides after the Avatar is out.

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After all the Prison Barracks are burnt down Lieutenant Drake will come down the stairs by the first 3 barracks. Lieutenant Drake is your basic tank n" spank encounter, his special abilities are the same as a warrior class, except that his Intimidating Shout fires much more often then a warrior could ever hope for. The only thing to be aware of is his Intimidating Shout, if the tank does not resist it whoever has aggro should drag him back to the tank.

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When walking out of Durnholde Keep Captain Skarloc will appear and have a quick chat with Thrall. When the event ends the battle begins, and your first target is the Durnholde Warden because of his pesky Psychic Scream, after that the Durnhold Veteran. As we have seen since releasing Thrall he can hold his own, dealing serious damage and taking a beating, just to be safe though healers should check on Thrall, making sure he is doing well.

Captain Skarloc will Hammer of Justice whoever has agro, most likely the tank; it can be removed with a magic removal spell. He will also attempt to heal himself with Holy Light; if you have a class capable of interrupting him they should be on the lookout for it as it heals for a large amount.

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This encounter is made up of two parts the Infinity Dragonkin and then Epoch Hunter. You will face 3 waves of 2 Infinity Slayers and 1 Infinity Defiler with a short out of combat period afterwards to get ready for Epoch Hunter. His Impending Death ability is completely random and his Sand Breath tends to have a random quality to it as well.

When Epoch Hunter agros the tank should pick him up and back up against the Inn where Tabetha is inside to avoid his knock back, his damage is quite low and the fight is surprisingly simple if you can make it past the Infinity.

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Darkweaver himself is not difficult; his summoned elementals are the challenging aspect of this fight. When he summons a wave of elementals they can be AoE'ed or single targeted down, it helps that they can be feared, so make sure to fear when possible unless AoE'ing. It is not advisable to keep dps on Darkweaver when his elementals are out; the 4 he summons are nasty if 8 are out the fight becomes nearly unbeatable.

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Not an incredibly complicated fight, his Arcane Volley can only be avoided easily by a Hunter since it has so much range. Tank him in the center to easily see when and where he blinks. As soon as he blinks thought everyone, including the tank, should get either out of range, or line of sight him behind a pillar (the ideal choice for the tank).

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Like the portals guarded by Rift Lords and Rift Keepers, Chrono Lord Deja's portal will constantly spawn dragonkin of the Infinity. Deja will cast his Time Lapse from time to time but he does not cast it often, if possible it should be removed from non casters first. Assuming the party is allowing the Infinity adds to pass, a watchful eye should as always be kept on the healers.

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The best way for us to deal with Temporus is either: A well geared/specced/played tank that can avoid Temporus' Mortal Wound from stacking 9 times or 2 tanks to rotate aggro so Mortal Wound will drop off and not get deeply stacked. As long as you can keep the debuff stacking under 50% this is a very simple fight.

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This can be a pretty rough fight and practically requires you to keep your tank topped off at all times (Lifebloom can help here). He also has a breath that deals a considerable amount of damage so the tank should face him away from the group. Try to DPS him down fast as your healers can run out of mana quickly. Hunters can remove the Frenzy with Tranquilizing Shot

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In Nethekurse's room there are 3 Fel Orcs they can be single pulled, after the 3rd orc is killed Nethekurse will engage the party. The tank should hold him in the middle of his room to give ranged and casters room to move around to avoid his Lesser Shadow Fissures.

The fight is pretty basic until Nethekurse reaches 20% health; he will begin his Dark Spin and continue it until either he dies or the party is wiped. When he starts his spin all restraints should be removed and full dps on him, just burn him down as fast as possible because healers will be oom in no time.

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Aggro can be a little hard to handle during this fight. Make sure your DPS manages their aggro and your tank has built up a sufficient amount before going all out. Calling for a halt on dps may happen multiple times throughout this fight so the main tank can re-establish agro once more.

Warbringer O'mrogg's room is big and it is big for a reason, to give room to spread out and try to avoid his Fear and Blast Waves. Tank him near the center of his room and remove his debuff from the Thunderclap at least on the tank. As for his AoE fear, it has a 40 yard range so it can be avoided by some classes. O'mrogg's will cast his Blast Wave back to back and can be anticipated when his maul begins to burn and he melees for fire damage.

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When the fight begins 2 Elite Assassins will spawn in the hallway your group just came from and another Elite Assassin on the far walkway. If anyone is not standing in Kargath's "arena" then they will most likely agro the Elite Assassins and eventually it will cause your group to wipe.

Kargath is a relatively simple fight. Tank Kargath in the center of the room and all ranged dps and healers in the corners. The most efficient means of finishing this encounter is to kill the non-elite adds as soon as they enter the arena. Have everything that is not on tank or healing duty to do so as soon as they enter. When all non-elites are dead, focus DPS back on Kargath.

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Hydromancer Thespia has two Water Elemental guards with her, assuming banishing is not an option, take them down first. The tank should charge Thespia and hold aggro of one of her adds while the rest of the party burns the other add down. They do have a frostbolt volley that can hit for moderate frost damage so the healers need to be wide awake in this fight. While burning down Thespia's adds we should be aware of her Lightning Cloud ability, it looks just like the Druid's Hurricane, as soon as it is spotted move out from under it immediately.

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First note is Mekgineer's Super Shrink Ray, if there is a warrior present a well timed Spell Reflection will debuff Mekgineer instead, it can be quite helpful since he can hit rather hard with his basic melee attacks.

After the tank gets aggro from Mekgineer he should be spun away from the party, it is a basic tank and spank fight, the only gimmick here is the Steamrigger Mechanics, throughout the fight they will spawn and run towards Mekgineer Steamrigger and attempt to repair him, they are non elite and can be AoE'ed down easily.

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When the fight begins you'll be able to target only Warlord Kalithresh. He does only melee damage but has a moderate amount of hit points. The fight starts off as your standard tank n' spank encounter.

After a few seconds Kalithresh will start to channel his Warlord's Rage. Visually this is fairly obvious and you'll see a red beam of light shooting on to a water distiller close by. When this happens all party members other then the healer should focus on quickly destroying the water distiller. This will happen constantly throughout the fight and if the distillers are destroyed quickly, Kalithresh will go down without a hitch.

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As soon as the final Cabal Ritualist is killed, Ambassador Hellmaw will begin to wander. He can be engaged immediately or you can retreat to the Eastern tunnel to drink up and prepare for the fight.

His Corrosive Acid is nasty especially when the party is feared so the first thing we want the tank to do is spin him away from the rest of the party. The other thing to be aware of is his fear, if anyone avoids the fear or resists it he will aggro that party member but if everyone is feared he will continue to beat on the tank. It's for this reason that everyone shoulde be within his range so everyone gets feared.

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The nasty part about Blackheart is his Incite Chaos, but first to avoid him running around have the tank back up against a wall or into a corner to avoid being thrown by Blackheart's War Stomp.

There is not much to do against Incite Chaos since you will not get a warning and seems to be randomly activated Everyone should blow their cooldowns upon the engaging of Blackheart as Incite Chaos will blow them otherwise.

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Defeating Vorpil is being aware that 3 portals that open around him, and out of these portals will come Void Travelers. They are non elite and will bee line to Vorpil but at a slow pace. With only 2000 health points they are easily taken down, but if they reach Vorpil they heal him and deal an AoE blast.

The tank should engage him right where he stands on the platform, since if he is pulled too far away you're dps won't have enought time to kill the Voids in time. Throughout the fight Vorpil will Teleport the party and himself to his pedestal and he will cast Rain of Fire on that location, as soon as you are teleported get off his pedestal.

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There are 2 important parts to this fight, first of all when someone is afflicted with Murmur's Touch no one else should be close, this will help with damage control; the silence debuff that comes after can be devastating. Second is Murmur's Sonic Boom, when he emotes "Murmur draws energy from the air�" all melee, tank including, needs to exit his circle. However, the tank needs to move back in ASAP since he will use Resonance with devistating effects if no one is in melee range within a few seconds.

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Fairly simple fight; Dalliah will cast Gift of the Doomsayer on the tank, at this point avoid casting any heals on them until it wears off, unless absolutely necessary. When Dalliah begins to Whirlwind all melee should move away as she will be stationary. Immediately after her Whirlwind finishes she will cast Heal on herself that can be interrupted.

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Soccothrates Felfire and Immolation skills can deal massive amounts of damage in a small time frame. Have the tank engage him where he stands. Soccothrates will cast his Immolation shortly after the fight begins and will Felfire Shock quickly after that, the remaining debuff should be removed.

When he casts his Felfire Line Up the tank should begin slowly moving him around to avoid being stuck within it, during this time he will most often use his Knock Away ability to give him room to move around and leave his fire trail behind him.

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This encounter begins as you approach the Blood Elf channelings pods. A series of 4 pods encounters will begin, they are all very straightforward. The Harbringer will then spawn and hopefully Millhouse is still alive at this point.

The fight starts off as a regular tank n' spank. His abilities will quickly hurt your party as Mind Burn can deal considerable damage and an unlucky MC can be very rough. Two or three times throughout the fight the Harbinger will �copy� himself and you'll have two Harbingers to face. Your group should then immediately focus DPS on whatever Harbinger your tank is not on.

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Shadow protection is the first thing you should try and buff for this encounter.

Zereketh with all of his tricks is a rather easy boss, the void zones are easy to avoid, the black circles on the ground are painfully obvious just do not stand on them. His Seed of Corruption deals low damage over a long period of time and can easily be avoided since 10 yards is a short range. His Shadow Nova does not hit hard nor does he cast it often.

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Mechano-Lord Capacitus is an annyoing encounter due to his Nether Charges; they can wipe a group easily so the first piece of business is to avoid them by having all non-melee stand on the staircase leading to his area. Have the tank engage him at the edge of his room and as Nether Charges are released pull him slowly out of his spawn area.

Pay close attention as well to his shields, if a mage is present, Detect Magic will reveal when he puts one up. The other and more common way to recognize his shield is by his color, default he is purple, his Damage Shield will change him to red and his Magic Shield will turn him green. All melee, including the tank, should cut dps when the Damage Shield comes up.

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The room should be cleared before engaging Sepethrea to ensure you have enough room to kite her 2 elementals. As soon as the tank aggro's Sepethrea she will summon her Raging Flames, whoever has aggro from the Raging Flames needs to kite them around the room being careful to not pull them through other party members; since they move at such a slow pace it is simple to kite them just be aware of where you are standing.

When Sepethrea casts Dragon's Breath on the tank it is important to remove the Disorient effect so aggro can be re-established otherwise Sepethrea will begin wreaking havoc on the rest of the party.

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The important thing to note is that Panthaleon will run at your party once you have defeated the three waves of attackers on the transparent bridge. Since Pathaleon's Domination cannot be removed polymorph or fear the effected memeber.

If you have a warlock their fear can help with the wraiths. If not dps classes should focus fire on the Nether Wraiths and take them down as soon as possible then focus back on Pathaleon.

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Sarannis can be tanked on her bridge she will immediately try to stack Arcane Resonance on thr tank, which should be removed ASAP. She will burn down to 50% health quickly, at which time she summons her 3 helpers. They can be cc'd so one strategy is to cc them, blow fears and burn Sarannis down quickly, then turning your attention to them.

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Positioning is everything on this fight, it is important when Freywinn begins his Tranquility that you pull his Frayer Protectors out of his line of sight so they do not heal faster then you can dps them. A simple solution to the LoS issue is to fight him on his bridge and use the wall of it to break the line of sight. When he turns into the Tree of Life have the party go to the other side of the wall and kill the Frayer Protectors as soon as they turn the corner.

The issue to be aware of is his Seedlings, each color will put its own debuff on party members, usually on the tank. All can be removed they are �Magic� debuffs but they have low hp and he summons them constantly. Have 1 dps class on them to kill them as soon as they spawn; he summons them at a rapid rate.

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Laj is a fairly simple fight, have the tank hold him he stands, and place ranged dps members on each pedestal in front of Laj; that way once the Thorn is killed their damage can immediately be redirected to Laj. Aside from Laj's friends that spawn he has Allergic Reaction, a fairly nasty disease that can infect nearby allies, remove it ASAP.

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Before pulling Thorngrin the corridor to the south should be cleared, there are Nethervine Tricksters stealthed in the hall.

Thorngrin should be pulled out of his spawn point and into the large area in front, the reason for this is to avoid him casting Hellfire on a party member that is already being sacrificed spells instant death. His Sacrifice is random, same deal as other bosses that sacrifice; the sacrificed party member should be healed continuously until it has ended. His Hellfire is nasty but easily avoided, before casting it he will emote �I'll incinerate you!� at that point get away from him as quick as possible.

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Periodically throughout the fight Warp Splinter will summon saplings. The saplings will slowly move to your party and poses no immediate threat. After 20 seconds the Saplings will be absorbed by Warp Splinter and depending on how many were alive, Warp Splinter could replenish 1% - 30% of his total health.

Because of the rather large health restored when the saplings are absorbed it should be a top priority to kill as many saplings as possible before they can be absorbed. To do so, when they spawn all DPS classes should purely focus on the Saplings to ensure their quick demise.

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This encounter is similar to the Warlord Kalithresh encounter. The group must be quick to destroy the crystals before Selin can siphon a significant amount of mana. Selin starts the fight with no mana, so his area of effect spell poses no threat initially. Make sure the entire party is in the room before engaging as the doors will close once the fight has began.

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This fight is similar to the Curator encounter in Karazhan. Properly controlling the adds is the key to victory. DPS classes should take turns killing the adds so as to prevent the damage debuff from stacking too high but to also ensure all group members benefit from the damage increase. The group should spread out to avoid having the chain lightning jump. Long cooldown damage abilities such as Adrenaline Rush, Bloodlust / Heroism, and Arcane Power should be saved for the final part of the fight to ensure Vexallus gets taken down quickly. Failure to do will result in a wipe since the debuff stacks up very quickly. Healers must be sure to continue healing through all the debuffs even after Vexallus has been defeated.

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Leaving the Shadow Word: Pain debuff on an ally can be sometimes useful to break any potential crowd control effect on your party member. This fight acts much like the Arena 0.5 event in Blackrock Depths as Delrissa's adds have no aggro table. Since all of the adds are classified as Humaniod CC options are numberous and should be employed whenever possible. All adds and Delrissa must be defeated before any loot can be obtained and the entire group respawns if you wipe.

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